Non-naturally Occurring Regio Isomer of Lysophosphatidylserine Exhibits Potent Agonistic Activity toward G Protein-Coupled Receptors
摘要:
Lysophosphatidylserine (LysoPS), an endogenous ligand of G protein-coupled receptors, consists of L-serine, glycerol, and fatty acid moieties connected by phosphodiester and ester linkages, respectively. An ester linkage of phosphatidylserine can be hydrolyzed at the 1-position or at the 2-position to give 2-acyl lysophospholipid or 1-acyl lysophospholipid, respectively. 2-Acyl lysophospholipid is in nonenzymatic equilibrium with 1-acyl lysophospholipid in vivo. On the other hand, 3-acyl lysophospholipid is not found, at least in mammals, raising the question of whether the reason for this might be that the 3-acyl isomer lacks the biological activities of the other isomers. Here, to test this idea, we designed and synthesized a series of new 3-acyl lysophospholipids. Structure- activity relationship studies of more than 100 "glycol surrogate" derivatives led to the identification of potent and selective agonists for LysoPS receptors GPR34 and P2Y10. Thus, the non-natural 3-acyl compounds are indeed active and appear to be biologically orthogonal with respect to the physiologically relevant 1- and 2-acyl lysophospholipids.
Lysophosphatidylserine (LysoPS) is an endogenous lipid mediator that specifically activates membrane proteins of the P2Y and its related families of G protein coupled receptors (GPCR), GPR34 (LPS1), P2Y10 (LPS2), and GPR174 (LPS3). Here, in order to increase potency and receptor selectivity, we designed and synthesized LysoPS analogues containing the conformational constraints of the glycerol moiety. These reduced structural flexibility by fixation of the glycerol framework of LysoPS using a 2-hydroxymethyl-3-hydroxytetrahydropyran skeleton, and related structures identified compounds which exhibited high potency and selectivity for activation of GPR34 or P2Y10. Morphing of the structural shape of the 2-hydroxymethyl-3-hydroxytetrahydropyran skeleton into a planar benzene ring enhanced the P2Y10 activation potentcy rather than the GPR34 activation.
LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLSERINE DERIVATIVE
申请人:THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
公开号:US20170210767A1
公开(公告)日:2017-07-27
An object of the present invention is to provide a lysophosphatidylserine derivative or a salt thereof.
The present invention provides a lysophosphatidylserine derivative or a salt thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition or a lysophosphatidylserine receptor function modulator comprising said compound or a salt thereof.